How Do You Study A Guitarists? |
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Feb 3 2010, 08:22 AM
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Mostly you do this by asking yourself questions and then seeking the answers. Some examples:
1. Who do I admire? 2. Why do I admire those folks? 3. Do I want to be able to do what they do? 4. Who would know how to teach me these things? Can I learn them on my own? And so on. If you don't know the answer to #2 then you may need to revisit #1. -------------------- ::jafomatic
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Feb 3 2010, 08:33 AM
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In my experience there are several ways to do it - it depends on what You really want to learn, eg. sound, technique, expression, timing etc. But I guess the most common way to do it is to study some solos/songs and try to play them so close as possible. When You played it some 3-400 times, phrases like the one's You've practiced starts to show up in Your own playing - and then its called influences....
Another approach would be to pick a favourite phras/lick and really study it in depth. Which tones are used? Which accents? How it is picked? How is the timing against the beat? When You so learned that, You can make up Your own phrases built on the same concept and it will sound like You anyway, since its very hard to play EXACTLY as someone else, even if some may have succeeded with that. Good Luck! //Staffay --------------------  Guitars: Ibanez AM-200, Ibanez GB-10, Fender Stratocaster Classic Player, Warmouth Custom Built, Suhr Classic Strat, Gibson Les Paul Standard 2003, Ibanez steel-string Amps: Fender Hot Rod Deluxe, Marshall JMP 2103, AER 60 Effects: BOSS DD-20, Danelectro Trans. Overdrive, TC-Electronics G-Major, Dunlop Wah-wah, Original SansAmp, BOSS DD-2 Music by Staffy can be found at: Staffay at MySpace |
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Feb 4 2010, 01:27 AM
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The best way to do it is to listen to albums and start playing the same stuff you hear there
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Feb 4 2010, 10:40 AM
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QUOTE (Damir Puh @ Feb 3 2010, 11:23 AM)  Some quick tips (since Staffy and AdamB covered a lot of the topic ):- Take a cool lick of your favorite player and learn it note for note. Try to mimick the timing, accents, stylistic techiques etc. as close as possible. Then go beyond that: analyze why the lick sounds cool - is it the rhythm? The contour? Is it the note choice? The techniques included? What chord / progression is happening behind it? Soon enough you'll discover the player's trademarks and you'll be able to understand the "mechanics" of his phrasing and his signature sound. - Once you go through a number of "signature licks" it's probably a good idea to analyze the player's songwriting style...structure, arrangement, harmony, dynamics, etc... Then maybe do the same with his gear and setup. - Read interviews, watch instructional videos, read blog/forum posts. - Change things around. Take the rhythmic map of a phrase and change the notes to create your own (replace notes in other octave, play doublestops etc..). Do the oposite, keep the notes the same, but change the rhythm around (change the note length, change the pause length, etc..). Change the articulation. Change the tone. The majority of the most recognisable guitar styles were developed this way. I hope this will help.  This is an awesome response. I used to analyse players this way and build my own thing around it. -------------------- Check out my <a href="https://www.guitarmasterclass.net/instructor/Emir-Hot" target="_blank">Instructor profile</a>
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Feb 17 2010, 03:53 PM
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well I see it more like studying the music he plays,...and sometimes watching the movement in the hands if it's some bizarre technique, but it all starts in the ears
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